Valve.



MTBNTBD Novg'lo., 1903.

J. F. MGELROY.

VALVE.

ArrLIoATIoN Hum JUNE 18,1902.

No mmm..

,En STATES Iatented November 10, 1903.

PATENT FFICE.

JAMES F. MCELROY, OF ALBANY,` NEWj YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CON SOL- DATED CAR-HEATING COMPANY, F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

VALVE.

vSPJEILIFIGALION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 743,745, dated November 10, 1903.

Applicationiiledilnne 19.1902.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that l, JAMES F. McELnoY, a citizen ofthe United States of America, and a resident of Albany, county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves,of`which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in valves; and the object of my invention is to provide a gear-valve especially adapted for use as an end valvein railway-carheating apparatus, so constructed that the valve may be opened by the operation of a crank o r handie and When opened or closedwillY remain in its position in spite of the jar attendant upon the movement of the car towhich it is Yatji tached. I attain this object by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichf Figure 1 is a section of an end valve, showing in elevation the gear and means for operating the valve. Fig. 2 is a section of an end valve, showing a plan of my improved open' ating device. f Y

Similar letters refer to similar parts th roughout the several views.

The fitting A is provided-with alport B,

adapted to connect with a train-pipe, (not to secure vby Letters Patent, is

shown,) and with a port C, adapted to connect with a hose to conduct the iiuid to Ethe adjoining car, said hose not' shown. The valve D is arranged to close the port C 'and is suitably hinged to the casting, preferably by means of a lever E, pivoted at F, one arm of the lever being secured to the face of the Y valve by means of a lug and nut, as 4shown at G, or in any suitable manner, and the arm E is also provided'with a series of teeth H, arranged in an arcof the circle of which the pivot F is the center, adapted to engage with the teeth J on the pinion K, which pinion is constructed or mounted upona'spindle L,

passing through the fitting A and having its Serial No.112,292. (No model.)

outer end squared to admit a handle M being placed thereon. The end of the spindle which is placed Within the tting isv preferably provided with a projection m, fitting within a pocket N, forming a bearing therein. I do not limit myself to the arrangement of the spindle with its squared end as described, since the handle may be fastened in any suitable manner to the end of the spindle in any convenient Way, nor do I Wish to limit mysell:` to the form of my construction of the spindle as described or the method of connecting it up. 5 I preferably arrange on the pinion K the stop-arm O, which will press against the side -or end of the lever E when the valve is closed and will hold it in position, relieving pressure on the pinion.`

The handle M is preferably 6o weighted and is so adjusted on the spindle L that when thevalve is opened, as shown in dotted Alines in Fig. 1, the handle will be befyond the vertical position, the weight of the handle tending to hold the valve in its opened position, and when the valve is closed the h'andle will be on the opposite side of the ver- -tical Vkvline from that occupied by it when the `valve is open, and thus tend to hold the valve lclosed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire Witnesses:

ERNEST D. JANSEN, BEULAH Canna. 

